Jenny Neuburger, who works in the Medicines & Pharmacy Analysis team, recently spent a 2 day connecting placement at East London Foundation Trust and has kindly documented her visit here. How care works outside hospitals For my Connecting visits, I …

Barry Mussenden, Deputy Director for Corporate Engagement recently spent a day with the London Ambulance Service. Barry talks about his experience here. When I arrived at the London Ambulance Service (LAS) HQ in Waterloo for a shift with one of …

Emily Antcliffe, Deputy Director in Mental Health Policy recently completed a visit with a homeless and mental health service in Sydney. Emily has kindly shared her experience here. It’s 6.30am on a damp summer’s morning, and the inhabitants of 25 …

We are about to have a new cohort of fast streamers joining DH for six months. All our generalist fast streamers are offered the opportunity to spend some time connecting – here’s what Philip Bray, currently workforce strategy policy lead, …

Richard Tromans, policy manager in the efficiency team, talks about his recent connecting experience with London Borough of Barking and Dagenham Council (LBBD). The local authority has a number of challenges with rapidly changing demographics and high deprivation.

Recently, I was lucky enough to be involved in Department of Health’s latest policy school. We were tasked with answering the question ‘How can the government ensure that people with mental health problems are discharged from hospital at the right …

Over the summer, I have been getting to grips with a new role within DH. As I begin to work within the patient safety agenda, I have been reflecting how Connecting is so useful in giving you valuable insights into …

A few months ago, two of our Connecting partners came along to one of our DG updates and spoke about their experiences of being part of the Connecting programme. One of the issues raised was that Connecting is usually arranged with one …

Mental health has never commanded the same public attention and media interest as physical health, the reasons for this we can debate at length. But this lack of profile means that we who work in the sector, and consequently those …

York Street Health Practice, part of Leeds Community Healthcare NHS Trust (LCH), is a nationally recognised model of health inclusion for marginalised and vulnerable people. We work with 1200 people in the Leeds area and seek to be a centre …